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The majestic castle as seen from the higher vantage point from the hill, above "the bridge".
Neuschwanstein Castle or Schloss Neuschwanstein, in German, is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The castle was intended as a home for the king, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death and today it is visited by as many as 6,000 per day.
"You can see it in the trees
You can smell it in the breeze
Look around! Look around! Look around....."
October is bustin' out all over!
With apologies to Richard Rodgers for borrowing some lyrics from one of his songs from Carousel, "June is bustin' out all over."
It has been a glorious fall on the Leelanau Peninsula! I should note that several days have passed since I took this photo. Our fall color has reached its peak and leaves are falling due to recent rains and high winds. Still, it continues to be very beautiful here.
The majestic castle as seen from "the bridge".
Neuschwanstein Castle or Schloss Neuschwanstein, in German, is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The castle was intended as a home for the king, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death and today it is visited by as many as 6,000 per day.
Borrowing owl - wild - at Bento Gonçalves - RS.
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The English word lion is derived via Anglo-Norman liun from Latin leōnem (nominative: leō), which in turn was a borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων léōn. The Hebrew word לָבִיא lavi may also be related. The generic name Panthera is traceable to the classical Latin word 'panthēra' and the ancient Greek word πάνθηρ 'panther'
Je vous présente le couple de Petits-ducs maculé du Parc Michel Chartrand. Madame, celle du bas, est encore en mue (voyez les plumes sur le pourtour de la cavité) et Monsieur, celui du haut, a complété sa mue en tout début de la saison estivale. Chez les strigidés, la femelle est toujours plus grosse que le mâle avec une seule exception : La Chevêche des terriers (merci à Monte Stinnett pour cette précision) On peut apprécier ici la différence quoique cela pourrait être aussi dû à la posture.
Here is the famous Eastern Screech Owls couple of Michel Chartrand's Parc. The female is at the bottom and going through a molt (you can see her feather around the cavity). The male at the top completed his molt at the beginning of the summer. In the Owl family the female is always bigger than the male with one exception: The Borrowing Owl (Thanks to Monte Stinnett for mentionning). We can appreciate here the difference although it could be due to their posture.
Petits-ducs maculé - Mâle et femelle
Eastern Screech Owls - Male and female
Megascops Asio
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Until recently this has been one of our favorite spots for photographing Burrowing Owls. However, recently we have found that we must really look to find one or two. On this day we found this little guy all alone. The greatest threat to burrowing owls is habitat destruction and degradation caused primarily by land development and ground squirrel/prairie dog control measures. Despite their protected status, burrowing owls are often displaced and their burrows destroyed during the development process.
Friends of Schiller and Wilhelm Tell will forgive me please for borrowing this famous phrase for my title, but it was immediately present in my mind when I saw this rock gate on a single lane road with traffic from both sides ...
this scenario greets the visitor of Henningsvaer on the Lofoten islands who is chancing along this winding road to get to this spot that had been isolated from the outside world for centuries, only being reachable by boat. Nowadays there is thriving tourism in Henningsvaer and the lovely old fishing village is changing ... you can't get one without the other :(
We have been fortunate to have seen the Burrowing Owls in Davis Ca. Unfortunately their previous burrows had been turned over by large farming equipment which means that these darling little owls will need to move. The Borrowing Owls are the most interesting of the owls as they are out in the day and stare back at you when you are taking there photo. The burrowing owl isn't your average owl: It doesn't live in trees, and it's not nocturnal. It makes its nest underground — usually in abandoned rodent burrows — and is active both day and night. But human population explosion has reduced the charismatic western burrowing owl's breeding populations by more than 60 percent, and counting.
“It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise. The owner of the axe, as he released his hold on it, said that it was the apple of his eye; but I returned it sharper than I received it.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Taken @ [ Elysion est. 2013 ]
trying to convince these two charming ladies, of how they would look if they had lovely bracelets on them!
Taken from Evesham Medieval Market Festival, which I really enjoyed my visit here.
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We returned to one of our favorite borrowing owl spots. We never fail to spot burrowing Owls in Davis near a sign that says, “Burrowing Owls, drive carefully.” This little guy let us get up close and personal to capture his beautiful portrait. Burrowing Owls are very well camouflaged and amazingly small compared to the wide-open areas where they live, so a spotting scope will be useful for viewing them. You’ll need to patiently scan a likely habitat—pay special attention to dirt mounds around burrow entrances, where owls often stand when they’re not hunting, sometimes with just their head and eyes showing.
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century romantic eclecticism palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The castle was intended as a home for the King, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death.[1] Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle.[2] More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer.[3]
Note: They said, "It's one of top 100 places to visit in Europe".
decide which you need most :-)
American Proverb
HBW!!
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I wasn't entirely happy that I couldn't get a closer shot of this incredibly famous castle but I still liked the overall image.
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], English: "New Swanstone Castle") is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures.
From Wikipedia
This tree didn't quite make it ...
I've photographed this a few times before, but this shot was taken from the passenger seat of a moving car at highway speed, whilst borrowing my son's DSLR (thanks again Quinn!). Somewhere near Tunbridge, Midland Highway, Tasmania.
The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurosiberia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America, home to the largest populations outside of its native range, with additional smaller introductions in Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Measuring 125 to 170 cm (49 to 67 in) in length, this large swan is wholly white in plumage with an orange beak bordered with black. It is recognisable by its pronounced knob atop the beak, which is larger in males.
The mute swan was first formally described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin as Anas olor in 1789, and was transferred by Johann Matthäus Bechstein to the new genus Cygnus in 1803. Both cygnus and olor mean "swan" in Latin; cygnus is a variant form of cycnus, a borrowing from Greek κύκνος kyknos, a word of the same meaning.
Despite its Eurasian origin, its closest relatives are the black swan of Australia and the black-necked swan of South America, not the other Northern Hemisphere swans of the genus Cygnus.[2] The species is monotypic, with no living subspecies.
Borrowing a title from a song by Tim Krekel. Just kind of describes the beauty of the summer sky and water here in the Saint Augustine Inlet on an August Day. We here who are blessed enough to live here and witness this kind of beauty always say that when we start complaining about our troubles and Life's other blues that We should just shut up. We live in Mother Ocean's paradise. What troubles ? The slipstream of Tides, Dolphins and Sailboats can just carry those Blues away. Always happens...
Song by Tim Krekel ~ "Blues as Blues Can Get" (Fred Knobloch- Tim Krekel)
Delbert McClinton had great success with this song and recorded it in 1992.
Tim Krekel was a prolific songwriter and performer in Louisville, KY and Nashville, Tenn. Tim was a neighbor and friend and a beautiful soul...
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Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century romantic eclecticism palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The castle was intended as a home for the King, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death.[1] Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle.[2] More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer.[3]
Note: They said, "It's one of top 100 places to visit in Europe".
For the Treat This Challenge 226 at Kreative People. I am borrowing two source images from Lemon~art today. You can see the originals in the first comment box below.
Neuschwanstein Castle is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds. The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Great Escape and serves as the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures. The municipality of Schwangau lies at an elevation of 800 m (2,620 ft) at the south west border of the German state of Bavaria.
In some parts of the American West, the long-legged Burrowing Owl is known as the “howdy owl.” These endearing raptors allow people to closely approach and will even nod an apparent greeting to human visitors. Unlike other owls, burrowing owls are active during the day, especially in the spring when they gather food for their large broods. This species of owl prefers open areas with low ground cover. They can often be found perching near their burrow on fence posts and trees. They collect a wide variety of materials to line their nest, one of them is dung, usually from cattle.
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk wants to be backhoe operator,,lol
PS ...Thank You to Warren for borrowing equipment it still works...lol !
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This is one bird that never disappoints. Right off of Mace Blvd in Davis on road 30b there are signs that say “Burrowing Owls” and if you drive through, really slowly, look carefully and you just might catch a glimpse of a rounded head with bright green eyes. We managed to get this image by using our car as a hide. They live underground in burrows they’ve dug themselves or taken over from a prairie dog, ground squirrel, or tortoise. Their numbers have declined sharply with human alteration of their habitat and the decline of prairie dogs and ground squirrels.
Neuschwanstein Castle is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures.
He was convinced I was trying to steal his soul. I had to convince him I was only borrowing it for a fraction of a second (1/800th of a second to be exact) to preserve it for posterity, thus giving him a type of immortality. He finally agreed, albeit with some trepidation.
San José Renaissance Fair.
"Butterbutt biology: warblers, migration and mitochondria
A non-migratory population of songbirds appears to have acquired mitochondria from their close relatives that are migratory, potentially allowing these birds to migrate better
A non-migratory population of songbirds appears to have acquired mitochondria from their close relatives that are migratory, potentially allowing these birds to migrate better, according to a newly-published study by a group of researchers based at Canada's University of British Columbia. Mitochondria synthesise the biochemical energy that powers living cells. The team studied a population of neotropical warblers living in the transition zone between the northern (seasonally migratory) form and the southern (resident) form. Using a variety of novel approaches, they compared mitochondrial genetics and function, and migratory behaviour. The researchers found that mitochondria in flight muscles of the migratory birds may be more metabolically efficient, thus capable of powering the energetic demands of migration over longer distances.
..."Our findings suggest that over generations, the Audubon's warbler may have co-opted the myrtle's mitochondria to better power its own travels", said Mr Toews.
Yellow-rumped warblers are not the only known example of mitochondrial borrowing: last year, Mr Toews and a colleague, Alan Brelsford, identified more than 100 such cases in animals."
theguardian.com
Borrowing a technique made famous (?) by Peter Whitfield, I started playing around with a combination of Multi-Exposure and ICM on a visit to Amble. Great fun was had.
After years of wanting to go, I finally made the trip to the Palouse this past weekend to photograph spring's fresh green crops growing on the rolling hills of Eastern Washington. This grain elevator was my favorite subject of all those around Steptoe Butte.
For those looking at the EXIF data, I haven't switched to Nikon. My friend Chris was borrowing the Tamron 150-600mm zoom lens and I was curious to take a couple of shots with it myself and closely inspect this budget zoom lens' sharpness on my monitor for myself. It's pretty nice, especially for the price! Nice enough that it's my early favorite photo from the weekend.
When you tried borrowing your friends makeup but she said no...sometimes you have to go Mission Impossible, Tom Cruise on her ass! xoxo
Go check out what is in Megara's closet and makeup drawer here:
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During WW2, the Grand harbour in Valletta was home to the Mediterranean Fleet and as Malta was constantly being attacked, the warships were prime candidates. Borrowing upon methods of defence used for many centuries, a series of thick metal chains were strung across the entrance. These could be raised for defence to stop submarines getting in or lowered to allow friendly ships to pass!
Just one part of the interesting walls surrounding Valletta.
I am borrowing this title from Pearl - of Pearlsworld here on flickr- as it was a famous line from a great Australian movie The Castle and she had it on of her photos last week : www.flickr.com/photos/116926212@N04/14250905864/in/photos.... Taken at Centennial Park and it appears that today autumn or should I say winter has finally arrived here in Sydney .
Neuschwanstein Castle is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer.The palace has appeared prominently in several movies such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Great Escape and serves as the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures.
Neuschwanstein Castle is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then more than 61 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer.The palace has appeared prominently in several movies such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Great Escape and serves as the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures.
We decided to visit a location where we found Burrowing Owls in the past. To our delight, there were a couple standing watch outside their burrows. These small owls, measuring about nine inches tall, are unique in that they spend almost their entire lives on or in the ground. In fact, they even use underground cavities for nesting. They often use holes already excavated by prairie dogs or badgers. In areas in which such reluctant realtors don’t provide pre-built homes, the owls will dig their own holes.
Excerpt from www.tourstcatharines.com/tours-wellandave.shtml:
106-112 Queen Street is one of the earliest row houses in the area, borrowing from a number of styles with respective detailing. It was built between 1830 and 1870 by the local builder Addison Waud. It is believed to have been originally clapboard but is now plastered over.